Topic - FILM - THE KOCH BROS EXPOSED

Guest : Director Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films www.bravenewfilms.org Guest: Lisa Graves - Executive Dir. PR Watch www.prwatch.org

The new film The Koch Brothers Exposed provides a much needed investigative look at the power and money empire of Charles & David the Koch and the frighting influence and control they have over the American political system and the media echo chamber. Director Robert Greenwald and PR Watch’s Lisa Graves join me to discuss clips from the film which reveal the multiple ways in which the Koch fortune has influenced and corrupted our Democracy.

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Topic: Rupert Murdoch - Unifit to Broadcast - Should the FCC Revoke His 27 Broadcast Licenses? Guests: Melanie Sloan -Exec. Director - Citizen’s Responsibility and Ethics in Washington - CREW Karl Grossman - Professor of Journalism at the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury, chief investigative reporter for WVVH-TV

In a scathing report, the British Parliament House of Commons has declared Rupert Murdoch “Unfit to broadcast." What will be the ramifications be in the US, where FCC rules state that "broadcast frequencies may be used only by people of good “character,” who will serve “the public interest,” and speak with “candor,." Will Rupert Murdoch lose his 27 licenses?

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Topic #1 - Occupy Wall Street Re-surges in May Day Protests and Events

Guests - Jackie Di Salvo - OWS May Day Organizer Arun Gupta - Journalist, Founder of the Independent and co-founder of the OWS Journal

Jackie Discuses the Occupy Wall Street May Day protests with over 50 unions and 20 emigrant organizations to rallying in Union Square and march led by  transit workers, who are facing wage freezes and benefits cuts. Arun discusses the co-optation of the OWS movement by various political groups who seek to use the name and concept but do not uphold the principles and vision of Occupy Wall Street.

Topic #2 - Topic: 17 Year Old  is Suing the Federal Govt. for Not Addressing Global Warming

Alec Loorz -  Founder - Kids Vs Global Warming, IMatter.org Alec discusses his long involvement with the global warming cause and his lawsuit on the grounds that the atmosphere is a Public Trust the Federal Govt. is  by law required to protect for future generations.

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Topic #1: Class of 2012: No Job, Deep In Debt, with Mom and Dad as Landlords! Guest: Abby Kiesa - Circle - Student Citizen Engagement

53 per cent of graduating college students are unemployed, despite expensive degrees from the best schools, with no job prospects what will this mean for the youth vote in 2012?

Topic #2 Drone Warfare - KIlling by Remote Control - Medea Benjamin’s New Book - Guest :Medea Benjamin - Code Pink, Global Exchange

Medea discusses her new exploring the new era of drone warfare.  What are the threats from these weapons, what are the moral ramifications, and how do we bring transparency and accountability to a secretive program that kills by remote control.

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Guest: Chase Madar, Civil Rights Attorney, Author - The Passion of Bradley Manning, just released by OR books Topic: 3 Myths of The Bradley Manning Story & the Truth About Our Laws of War. Chase examines the case of Bradley Manning and the closely guarded secrets surrounding the way we wage war and how the Laws of War legalize the atrocities of US torture and massacre that Manning allegedly revealed.

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Topic #1: Twenty-Six Major Corporations Paid No Corporate Income Tax for the Last Four Years, Despite Making Billions in Profits. Guest: Pat Garafolo - Economic Policy Editor - Think Progress. A new report from Citizens for Tax Justice  a nonpartisan research and advocacy group found that 26 major corporations had made billions of dollars in profits while paying no federal income tax. 2008 and 2011.

Topic #2 - Where Do Your Federal Tax Dollars Actually Go? Guest: Mattea Kramer - Senior Research analyst - National priorities project

The National Priorities Project has just issued a report that gives people a specific breakdown of how their tax dollars are spent, and  has startling examples, including that fact that 27 cents out of every tax dollar goes to military expenditures (weapons, etc.) while only 0.37 cents goes to the Veteran rehabilitation, education and training, they need when they return from war.

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Guest: James Otto - Civil Defense Attorney

Where have all the jobs gone?

The Shameful Truth is That They Are Still Here.

Behind American Backs, Corporations are betraying the American Dream by Hiring 2,000,000 Workers per Year from Foreign Countries – much of the hiring taking place on US soil.

Civil Defense Attorney James Otto has filed a lawsuit –Beasley v. Molina Healthcare, Inc, a company that has laid off American workers in order to offer jobs to less expensive foreign employees.

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Guest: Marcy Wheeler - Author, journalist

Topic: Eric Holder Defends Killing Americans Without Due Process

On March 5th Attorney General Eric Holder defended drone assassinations of US citizens spoke at northwestern university claiming that it is legal to target US citizens for execution without ever be charged of a crime or told what the accusations are. Author and journalist  Marcy Wheeler who blogs at http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com discusses his claims.

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Guests: Congressman Dennis Kucinich

John Rick MacArthur – Publisher Harper’s Magazine

Topics: Congressmen Kucinich discusses his election loss, and what the future holds for himself and the American people.

Rick MacArthur discusses his article Why Barack Obama Deserves to be Dumped and his upcoming book The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America: Or Why a Progressive Presidency is Impossible.

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GUEST: Kathy Kelly co-coordinator -  Voices for Creative Nonviolence, (www.vcnv.org) A campaign to end U.S. military and economic warfare.

Topic: Afghan Massacre - Not an Atypical Event - But the Norm

In Afghanistan, in 2011 alone OUR military strategy has caused the death of more than 3000 civilians and, in Pakistan, it has cost the lives of 40,000 civilians; yet this incident is being treated in the media as an isolated act of violence against civilians, rather than the latest in a serious of horrific acts against civilians.

Kathy Kelly discusses the realities  of the war in Afghanistan.

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